Strong's Lexicon
G3354 — μετρέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3354 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μετρέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3358 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | metreo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | met-reh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to measure (i.e. ascertain in size by a fixed standard) 2. (by implication) to measure out (i.e. allot by rule) |
| KJV Renderings: | figuratively, to estimate |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μετρέω, μέτρῳ; 1 aorist ἐμέτρησα; 1 future passive μετρηθήσομαι; (μέτρον); from Homer, Odyssey 3, 179 down; the Sept. several times for îÈãÇã; to measure; i. e.:
1. to measure out or off, a. properly, any space or distance with a measurer’s reed or rule: τόν ναόν, τήν αὐλήν, etc., Rev 11:2; Rev 21:15; Rev 21:17; with τῷ καλάμῳ added, Rev 21:16; ἐν αὐτῷ, i. e. τῷ καλάμῳ, Rev 11:1.
b. metaphorically, to judge accoding to any rule or standard, to estimate: ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, by what standard ye measure (others) (but the instrumental ἐν seems to point to a measure of capacity; cf. Winers Grammar, 388 (363); Buttmann, § 133, 19. On the proverb see further below), Mat 7:2; Mar 4:24; passive to be judged, estimated, ibid.; μέτρειν ἑαυτόν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, to measure oneself by oneself, to derive from oneself the standard by which one estimates oneself, 2Co 10:12 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 31, 8 at the end).
2. to measure to, mete out to, i. e. to give by measure: in the proverb τῷ αὐτῷ μέτρῳ ᾧ μετρεῖτε (or (so L T Tr WH) ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε), i. e., dropping the figure, ’in proportion to your own beneficence,’ Luk 6:38. (Compare: ἀντιμετρέω.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
μετρέω (figuratively)
Matthew 7:2
- KJV: For with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again
- GK: εν ω γαρ κρίματι κρίνετε κριθήσεσθε και εν ω μέτρω μετρείτε αντιμετρηθήσεται υμίν
Mark 4:24
- KJV: And he said unto them Take heed what ye hear with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you and unto you that hear shall more be give
- GK: και έλεγεν αυτοίς βλέπετε τι ακούετε εν ω μέτρω μετρείτε μετρηθήσεται υμίν και προστεθήσεται υμίν τοις ακούουσιν
Luke 6:38
- KJV: Give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again
- GK: δίδοτε και δοθήσεται υμίν μέτρον καλόν πεπιεσμένον και σεσαλευμένον και υπερεκχυνόμενον δώσουσιν εις τον κόλπον υμών τω γαρ αυτώ μέτρω ω μετρείτε αντιμετρηθήσεται υμίν
2 Corinthians 10:12
- KJV: For we dare not make ourselves of the number or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise
- GK: ου γαρ τολμώμεν εγκρίναι η συγκρίναι εαυτούς τισι των εαυτούς συνιστανόντων αλλά αυτοί εν εαυτοίς εαυτούς μετρούντες και συγκρίνοντες εαυτούς εαυτοίς ου συνιούσι
Revelation 11:1
- KJV: And there was given me a reed like unto a rod saying Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that worship therein
- GK: και εδόθη μοι κάλαμος όμοιος ράβδω και ειστήκει ο άγγελος λέγων έγειραι και μέτρησον τον ναόν του θεού και το θυσιαστήριον και τους προσκυνούντας εν αυτώ
Revelation 11:2
- KJV: But the court without the temple leave out and measure it not for it is given unto the Gentiles and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty two months
- GK: και την αυλήν την έξωθεν του ναού έκβαλε έξω και μη αυτήν μετρήσης ότι εδόθη τοις έθνεσι και την πόλιν την αγίαν πατήσουσι μήνας τεσσαράκοντα δύο
Revelation 21:15
- KJV: And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall thereof
- GK: και ο λαλών μετ΄ εμού είχε μέτρον κάλαμον χρυσούν ίνα μετρήση την πόλιν και τους πυλώνας αυτής και το τείχος αυτής
Revelation 21:16
- KJV: And the city lieth foursquare and the length is as large as the breadth and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal
- GK: και η πόλις τετράγωνος κείται και το μήκος αυτής όσον το πλάτος και εμέτρησε την πόλιν τω καλάμω επί σταδίους δώδεκα χιλίαδων το μήκος και το πλάτος και το ύψος αυτής ίσα εστί
Revelation 21:17
- KJV: And he measured the wall thereof an hundred forty four cubits the measure of a man that is of the angel
- GK: και εμέτρησε το τείχος αυτής εκατόν τεσσαράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχών μέτρον ανθρώπου ο εστιν αγγέλου
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